Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) maintained an upward trajectory to KSh 587.9 Million, an increase of 42%.
This was on a volume of 16.38 Million shares that were transacted in 844 deals at the close of trading this Wednesday, 11th November, 2020.
This is an improvement compared to a turnover of KSh 413.19 Million at the close of trading this Tuesday, 10th November, 2020, and KSh 94.41 Million on Monday.
Safaricom was the prime mover with a volume of 8.44 Million, with its share price rising 2.75% from KSh 30.95 to KSh 31.80.
The counter had 183 deals resulting in a turnover of KSh 268.67 Million, driven by 61.6% participation from foreign investors.
Other top movers were KCB (1.99 Million), KenGen (1.82 Million), KPLC (1.03 Million), and Bamburi Cement with a volume of 484,100.
BOC Kenya was the top price gainer at 6.19% to close at KSh 60.00. It was followed by Britam, which rose 5.33% to KSh 7.90, EABL, which was up 4.98% to KSh 163.50, Nation Media Group, which appreciated 4.83% to KSh 15.20 and Eveready, whose share price was up 4.40% to KSh 0.95.
The worst performers were led by Total, which lost 7.49% to KSh 22.85. Uchumi was down 6.67% to KSh 0.28, Car&General, which declined 4% to KSh 7.20 while Sanlam was the 5th worst performer, falling 3.66% to settle at KSh 13.15 when trading closed at the bourse today.
The key NSE All-Share index was up 3.19 points to end the day at 144.10 while the NSE 20 Share Index was up significantly to end at 3282, an increase of 71.01 points. The NSE 20 Share Index was up 22.36 points to settle at 1791.38.
The derivatives market turned red hot, with 11 contracts valued at KSh 375,720 concluded. This is against the one contract valued at KSh 34,570 transacted at the Tuesday trading session.
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